Aurora letter on energy cost to be scrutinised

THE competition watchdog has been asked to scrutinise a letter sent to Aurora's large business customers in the wake of the carbon tax repeal.

THE competition watchdog has been asked to scrutinise a letter sent to Aurora's large business customers in the wake of the carbon tax repeal.

Aurora sent the letter to about 1300 large contract customers over the past week.

The letter explained there would be no change to the customers' energy costs despite the scrapping of the carbon tax.

In it, customers were told the likelihood of the carbon tax repeal had already been factored into their contracts.

An Aurora spokesman said a 7.8 per cent plunge in energy prices, received by about 270,000 Tasmanian customers at the start of the month, would not apply to this group.

``Unlike prices for residential and small business customers set by the (Economic) Regulator, wholesale electricity prices for these customers are determined by the market at the time of entering into the contract,'' the spokesman said.

``The wholesale energy purchase costs to Aurora for this customer segment will not reduce as a result of the carbon tax repeal, therefore there is no reduction for Aurora to pass on to customers.''